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Litigation

Apr. 27, 2013

Creditor's bid to get share of San Francisco attorney's award dismissed

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a creditor's bid to nab more than $28 million that it claims San Francisco-based plaintiff's attorney Joseph M. Alioto owes in unpaid debt.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a creditor's bid to nab more than $28 million that it claims San Francisco-based plaintiffs' attorney Joseph M. Alioto and his firm owe in unpaid debt.


Alioto's firm secured a $47 million award earlier this year for his work as co-lead counsel in an ongoing class action alleging price fixing of flat panel displays. Shortly afterward, ...

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